High School Basketball: Indians fall short at USC

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Peters Township missed a shot at the buzzer and narrowly avoided pulling off its second upset of the week, losing 37-36 to Upper St. Clair in a Section 4-AAAA high school boys basketball game Friday night.

Down 36-34, the Indians (5-7, 8-11), who knocked off Bethel Park earlier this week, put USC (10-1, 15-3) on the line, where the Panthers made one of two shots. But USC fouled Gabe Pritz, who had 12 points, and he made both shots to pull the Indians within one.

The Indians fouled again and the Panthers missed the free throws, but an 18-foot shot at the buzzer failed to connect as Upper St. Clair held on for the win.

J.J. Conn had 14 points and Jordan Grabowski 12 for the winners. Jake Blandino had 12 points in the losing effort.

Baldwin 54, Trinity 43: Trinity was outscored, 17-10, at Baldwin in the second quarter and wound up suffering a costly 54-43 loss in Section 4-AAAA.

Charleroi 56, Frazier 41: Ryan Konek had 14 points and 14 rebounds to lead four players in double-figures during Charleroi’s 56-41 win over Frazier in Section 5-AA.

Matt Indorante also finished with 14 points and converted four three-pointers. Eric Johnson and Jim Diaz helped out with 12 points apiece for Charleroi, which improved to 10-2, 12-6.

Charles Mannick scored 13 points for Frazier (2-9, 4-13).

Bentworth 78, Jefferson-Morgan 75: Jefferson-Morgan’s Travis Taylor had a triple-double with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, but the Rockets still suffered a 78-75 loss to visiting Bentworth in overtime in Section 5-AA.

A big reason for that was the play of Chris Blackburn and Cody Levine, who both finished with 27 points for Bentworth (4-7, 7-11).

The teams were tied at 68 after regulation, but the Bearcats outscored Jefferson-Morgan (4-7, 9-10), 10-7, in the extra period.

East Allegheny 73, Ringgold 58: Jordan Williams had 22 points and Joel Randolph added 21 to help East Allegheny down Ringgold, 73-58, in a Section 4-AAA game.

The loss drops the Rams’ record to 1-10, 2-17.

John Maldonado scored 21 points for Ringgold. Donnie Henderson had 13, and Brandon Gilliam chipped in with 11.

South Fayette 61, McGuffey 37: The teams combined for 20 three-pointers, but C.J. Rudisill’s 27-point, 12-rebound night proved to be the difference, helping South Fayette to a 61-37 win in Section 5-AAA.

Evan Bonnaure added 13 points for the Lions, who improved to 8-2, 12-6.

Taylor Pasquariello led McGuffey (1-9, 7-12) with 13 points. The Highlanders had just two two-point field goals, the rest threes.